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Friday the 13th

February 14th, 2009

Friday the 13th scheduled its opening day on the fist Friday the 13th of 2009 which is a lucky coincidence – not so lucky or course for anyone paying to see this remake – but if it didn’t open on Friday the 13th then the title would have nothing to do with the actual film. Camp Crystal Lake is again the scene of the crime(s) where in 1980 (the year of the original movies carnage) young Jason ...

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The International

February 14th, 2009

The International stars Clive Owen as Louis Salinger, a rumpled Interpol agent who reluctantly came to that organization from Scotland Yard. We meet him in liaison with the FBI and Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) from the NYC District Attorney’s office. While in Germany closing in on a small arms money laundering scheme Salinger’s FBI partner comes to an untimely end which almost turns out to b ...

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Cadillac Records

February 14th, 2009

Cadillac Records takes us back to Chicago in the’50’s and the genesis of Rock and Roll. Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody) was a colour blind nightclub owner with a passion for rhythm and blues. After he opened the legendary Chess records he would reward his label stable who achieved success with a new Cadillac – and what a stable: Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon, Little Walter, Chuck Berr ...

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He's Just Not That Into You

February 6th, 2009

He's Just Not That Into You has one of the key elements that I’m not usually into – an all-star cast. So when I see Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Connelly, Justin Long, Kris Kristofferson, and even Kevin Connolly as part of this entourage I immediately wonder how bad is this going to be? The truth is not bad at all. As a mater of fact it’s great! ...

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Push

February 6th, 2009

Push is a sci-fi story about individuals with paranormal powers trying to stay one step ahead of a shady agency that wants to use their powers for nefarious gain. Hey wait a minute, isn’t that the premise for TV’s Heroes? Well uh, yes it is. Anyway, here those with telekinetic powers are movers and watchers can see the future. There are even those who can scream so loud that they cause fatal ...

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The Pink Panther 2

February 6th, 2009

The Pink Panther 2 has Steve Martin reprising his homage to Peter Sellers and his 60’s buffoon character Inspector Jacques Clouseau. Although most of the action takes place in France, French accents are optional. Emily Mortimer as Clouseau’s clumsy love interest almost gets a pass but John Cleese as Chief Inspector Dreyfus doesn’t even try (something his predecessor Kevin Klein might have tak ...

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Coraline

February 6th, 2009

Coraline (Dakota Fanning) – not to be confused with Caroline (which invariably happens) is a bored pre-teen whose family has just move into the main floor unit of a somewhat rural heritage character home appropriately complete with a witch hat roof. In this computer generated animation (also screening in 3D) she’s cute as a button which is not really to her advantage since buttons become a re ...

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Nurse.Fighter.Boy.

February 6th, 2009

Nurse.Fighter.Boy. Three words separated by periods that quickly identify the characters involved in this tender drama. Clark Johnson is Silence a has been fighter that never was with a cool name, reduced to bare knuckle brawling at illegal street fights. While getting patched up after one such brawl he meets Jude (Karen LeBlanc) a Jamaican nurse with a matronly radiance and a killer secret. ...

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The Uninvited

January 31st, 2009

The Uninvited is a filmed on Bowen Island remake of the spooky 2003 South Korean film A Tale of Two Sisters. That would normally be enough to make me wish that I was uninvited to the premiere screening but when you toss in an Oscar nominated acting craftsman like David Strathairn and red hot Elizabeth Banks whose performances get stronger every time out we get a passable melodrama. They play ...

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The Class

January 31st, 2009

The Class stars Francois Begaudeau as teacher Francois Marin the lead character from his 2006 autobiographical novel of the same name. Looking like an authentic documentary we spend a year in his classroom of tough Parisian fourteen year old kids of diverse ethnic background and already expressing their own individuality. While some of his fellow faculty are despondent with the daily grind of ...

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